| A | B |
|---|
| libel | false and malicious use of PRINTED words |
| Bill of Rights | first ten amendments to Constitution |
| civil liberties | guarentees of the safety of persons, opinions, and property from arbitrary acts of gov't: includes freedom of speech and religion |
| Executive agreement | pact made by the President directly with the head of a foreign state; a binding internetional agreement WITH FORCE of THE LAW, but UNLIKE TREATY DOES NOT require Senate consent |
| clemency | mercy or leniency granted to an offender by cheif executive |
| amnesty | a blanket pardon offered to a group of law violators |
| commutation | power to reduce or commute the length of asentence or fine for a crime |
| chief administrator | President as head of the administration of federal gov't |
| balance the ticket | when presidential canidate choses a running mate to strengthen their chances of being elected |
| winner- take- all | almost obsolete system where one who wins prefernence vote in primary automatically wins nomination and all delegates |
| keynote address | speech to set the tone for a Party's convention |
| presidential primary | election in which party voters choose their party's delegates to national convention |
| English Bill of Rights | (1689) British law, one of the basic instruments of the British constitution. It incorporated the provisions of the Declaration of Rights: it made the monarchy clearly conditional on the will of Parliament and provided freedom from arbitrary government. It also dealt with the succession to the throne. |
| Magna Carta | The charter of English political and civil liberties granted by King John at Runnymede in June 1215. |
| cheif executive | term for President as VESTED with executive power |
| chief of state | term for the President as ceremonial head of the US |
| chief legislator | President as legistator of public policy |
| chief citizen | president as representative of the people |
| electoral college | each state and DC chosen people to make formal selection for P and VP |
